Romanov asking fans to save Zalgiris
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http://www.basketnews.lt/paveikslelis-49022-bg.jpgDespite a great start of the season, serious financial troubles could see the end of Zalgiris’ great start of the season. The club’s owner Vladimir Romanov addressed the club’s fans and asked for their financial support to pay the money owed to the players.Here is a translated version of the full text of Romanov’s public letter, published in Kauno Diena, a newspaper, owned by the Russian-born businessman, who has been in charge of Zalgiris since 2009, when he saved the club from bankruptcy.
It is very pleasing that Žalgiris finished first in Group C of Euroleague and has a genuine chance of winning the title. However, that will require having funds to pay the salaries and bonuses of the players.
Everyone is openly declaring love for Žalgiris with promises of sponsoring the team, but no one is actually helping. Hence, there is only way to tackle the financial problems – every Zalgiris fan could invest at least 100 litas [editor - 29 euros]. Otherwise, we will have to resort to selling players and pulling out of the race for the highest places.A couple of weeks ago, we started a project called “Mes su Žalgiriu" [editor - "We are with Žalgiris"], which is open to everyone wanting to help the famous club. All they need to do is to transfer the money to the club’s account in Ūkio Bankas.Omintel mobile network clients can also support Žalgiris by calling or texting the number 1402 (5 litas).Žalgiris is part of the Lithuanian culture and everyone in Lithuania should help to save this treasure. It would be great to see the team fighting for victories at the top level at the biggest festivities of the year.